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Mesoscale Discussion 50

January 23, 2019Houston County, Alabama; 9 counties in Florida; 9 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 23, 2019, 8:18 PM CST for Houston County, Alabama; 9 counties in Florida; 9 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 117 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jan 23, 2019, 8:18 PM CST (02:18 UTC)
Expired: Jan 23, 2019, 10:15 PM CST
In force: 117 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 5%

Counties Houston County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Leon County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Baker County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Clay County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Early County, GA, Grady County, GA, Miller County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Seminole County, GA

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 73 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 835 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 379 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 349 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 24, 3:18 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee and 3 more	117 min
Jan 24, 7:34 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Broward, Collier, Hendry, Indian River, Martin, Palm Beach and 1 more	86 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 2019 Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2019 Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2019 Every mesoscale discussion in 2019

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.